Intention to Welcome

This practice will explore how mindfulness can help us relate to ourselves in a more welcoming way. This is important because, for most of us, this doesn’t come naturally, and instead we often react to ourselves with judgement and criticism. But, when we bring in the intention to welcome our experience as it is, whether it’s pleasant or unpleasant, we begin to undo this tendency of the mind and develop a healthier and more accepting relationship to ourselves.

Kyla Pearce, MPH, RYT, CBIS, PhD serves as the Senior Director of the LoveYourBrain Yoga program, overseeing the design, implementation, and evaluation of the program on an international level. She has been part of the Pearce family for years, and, following Kevin's accident, played an integral role in the launch of LoveYourBrain. Kyla blended her expertise as a yoga teacher and researcher to develop the evidence-based LoveYourBrain Yoga curriculum, which she has trained over 1,000 yoga teachers and clinicians to deliver across the country. She is also a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Dartmouth College investigating the impact of yoga and meditation for people with neurological conditions. She lives in Vermont with her husband Adam, and their sons, Bear and Owen.